As high season approaches in the mountains, Bargrooves takes to the slopes to sample the pleasures of bar culture Après Ski-style for its first instalment of 2012.
Anyone who’s enjoyed a snowsports holiday well knows the quality of Après Ski or activities off the piste are as important as the quality of snow on it. For the more socially adventurous, bar culture in the Alps of Europe or the Rocky Mountains of North America is as established a part of the overall snowsports experience as hurtling down an icy black run, but within the last 10 years the emergence of genuine nightclubs and dance music festivals has brought quality clubbing to higher altitudes.
Towns like Verbier in Switzerland with its Farm Club or Casbah, Mayrhofen in Austria, Meribel and Val d’Isere in France and Whistler in Canada have become as synonymous with partying as they are with world-class skiing conditions or snowboarding terrain. It seems every year clubbers become ever more discerning not only with the music but who is playing it to them; as such they attract A-list international DJs who appear regularly behind the decks of some truly epic mountain-top clubbing destinations.
Now, Bargrooves provides the quality soundtrack to keep music-loving skiers or ‘boarders plugged in to the finer sounds of house music throughout their winter holiday both on piste or afterwards, in the sometimes crazy hours that follow a day on the slopes.
Bargrooves’ tastemaker, Andy Daniell, himself a veteran of Verbier clubbing, has selected a brand new set of Bargrooves with one bonus mix for the slopes and another for after-dark pursuits.
Combing deeper, underground sounds with peaktime moments Andy’s selection includes a cocktail of club favourites and the freshest sounds Bargrooves connoisseurs expect from the label.
Bargrooves Apres Ski is released digitally on 13 February 2012.
Tracklist
1. Bargrooves Après Ski - On The Slopes Mix by Andy Daniell
2. Bargrooves Après Ski - Après Ski Mix by Andy Daniell
3. Storm Queen - Look Right Through (Aeroplane Remix)
4. The Magician featuring Jeppe - I Don't Know What To Do (Original Club Mix)
5. Recloose featuring B. Slade - Feels Like Magic (C2 Edit)
6. Kevin Saunderson featuring Inner City - Future (Deep See Sound System Mix)
7. Treasure Fingers & Malente - Au Revue
8. Roy Mclaren - Minor Affair (Something Good Remix)
9. ATFC featuring Lisa Shaw - Walk Away (ATFC's VB Weekender Vocal)
10. Migosy - Skyline (Sean McCabe Vocal Mix)
11. Dusky featuring Janai - Lost In You (T. Williams Remix)
12. Intruder (A Murk Production) featuring Jei - Amame (Long Ass Mix)
13. Soul Central - Strings Of Life (Supernova Remix)
14. Noir & Haze - Around (Solomun Vox)
15. Infinity Ink - Games
16. Larse - So Long (Original Mix)
17. Chez Damier - Can You Feel It (Steve Bug Re-Mix)
18. Daniel Solar - Needin' You
19. DC Salas - Us vs Them
20. Kathy Brown - Don’t Give Up (Nicholas 'Where Is The Compassion' Remix)
21. DJ Ali featuring Tim Fuller - You Don’t Know (Matt Tolfrey Remix)
22. Loaded Dice - It’s Alright
23. Tuccillo - Sandbell
24. Deux - Party People (Original Mix)
25. Reboot - Enjoy Music (Riva Starr Remix)
26. Bob Sinclar & Raffaella Carrà - Far l'Amore (Franky Rizardo Alternative Remix)
27. Michael Mendoza & Genairo Nvilla - Back Together (Original Mix)
28. ATFC - This Is Not A Test
29. Lifelike & Kris Menace - Discopolis (Kerri Chandler Bigga Mix)
30. Danism & Tasita D’Mour - The Message (Main Mix)
31. Will Power vs Garrett & Ojelay - So In Love (Original Mix)
32. David Penn & Toni Bass featuring Sheilah Cuffy - I Will Take A Chance (Nu Disco
Remix)
